All 149 passengers and eight crew on board flight ET302 were killed six minutes after takeoff; the cause of the accident is not yet known
Carleton University professor Pius Adesanmi and Amina Ibrahim Odowaa, of Edmonton, and her six-year-old daughter Safiya, were among the eighteen Canadians killed in Ethiopia Sunday when an airline flight crashed shortly after taking off in Addis Ababa.
“Pius was a much loved colleague, one of those rare individuals who was larger than life in everything he did: his passion African studies, his unflinching commitment to political engagement in Nigerian public life, his booming laugh and warm collegiality, and his ability to mix an on-the-ground awareness of African culture with sophisticated theoretical instincts,” professor Paul Keen wrote.. “His sudden absence from Carleton is unimaginable.
In a statement, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he was shocked and saddened by the news of the accident. He said people are still trying to figure out what happened and who died in the crash, but with a tight-knit community, it seems inevitable that there will be connections. At least 35 nationalities were among the dead, including 32 Kenyans, and people from China, the United States, Saudi Arabia, Nepal, Israel, India and Somalia.
Red Cross teams and others searched for human remains. In one photo, teams could be seen loading black plastic bags into trucks.
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